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styptic pencils

styptic pencils is the plural of styptic pencil.

Meaning of styptic pencil

Noun

styptic pencil (plural styptic pencils)

  1. A short medicated stick, typically containing alum, used to stop bleeding from small wounds (as in shaving).
    • I said, never clip a dog's nails without a styptic pencil handy.
    Synonyms:
    styptic stick

Questions about styptic pencils

What is styptic pencils the plural of?
Styptic pencils is the plural of styptic pencil.

Words near styptic pencils in the dictionary

  1. styphnic acid
  2. styplopod
  3. stypsis
  4. styptic
  5. styptic pencil
  6. styptic pencils
  7. styptic tree
  8. styptic trees
  9. styptical
  10. stypticity
  11. styptick

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